Native Orange California Poppy (Heirloom, Western Native )

$3.25

Native Orange California Poppy (Heirloom, Western Native )

$3.25
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Product description

Sunsets everywhere you look Renee's Garden- California poppies' fluted form and exuberant golden-orange color truly celebrate spring. A perfect choice for hot and dry areas, they'll grow easily without fuss all over the country. The silky, vivid flowers shine above mounds of feathery gray-green foliage for weeks, covering the ground with a cloak of bright flowers. Carefree and cheerful, these native orange poppies are perfect to cover a neglected area or hard to cultivate slope or plant in the garden for a memorable display of glowing color. Eschscholzia californica

Characteristics:

  • Native flower for the west coast
  • Re-seeding annual 
  • Tolerates poor soil 
  • 3-4' tall
  • 78 days 
  • 2 grams (~1200 seeds)

Instructions - This poppy is a hardy annual preferring full sun, well-drained sandy soil. It will do well in poor soils so do not fertilize.  Direct seed in fall for early summer blooms in zones 7-10, plant in spring for late summer blooms in all zones. The plant will be reseeded, but it is also helpful to gather some seeds to replant next year. Poppies can be started indoors as transplants but direct seeding is best and HIGHLY Recommended

  • Direct Seed 1/4" deep
  • Germination 10-15 days
  • Thin 8-10" apart

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